Originally Posted by
boog123
Last flight out ATL-LAX, 2 pilots, 2 hotels once they get there. etc. Red Eye back, 2 pilots, 2 hotels from previous night.
Instead, augmented crew doing the same, 3 pilots, no hotels. Am I missing something?
Only that it's two pilots each doing half the turn vs three pilots each doing half the turn (the same three for each leg, of course). One more pilot on each leg vs. the cost of 4 hotel rooms.